Skein-dyeing machine



A. T. SCARAMUZZI.

SKElN D YE|NG MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT-4, 1919.

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ATTORNEY A. T. SCARAMUZZI.

SKEkN DYEING MACHINE.

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A. T. SCARAMUZZI.

.SKEIN DYEING MACHINE.

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Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTONY T. SOARAMUZZI, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0THOMAS J. CORBIGAN, OF PA'IEBSON, NEW JERSEY.

SKEIN-DYEING MAoHiNE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

Application filed September 4, 1919. Serial No. 321,535.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANTONY T. Scann- MUZZI, acitizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, in the county ofPassaic and State of New Jersey, have invented cer tain new and usefulImprovements in Skein- Dyeing Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to that class of apparatus for treating skeinsand the like n liquid baths, as in dyeing, for example, in which theskeins are hung on rods or equivalent carriers traversing the liquidvat, the carriers being adapted to be picked up and shifted one afterthe other longitudinally of the vat (usually first in one direction andthen the other), and also rotated, thus both to agitate the liquid oftreatment and alter the position of the skeins on the carrlers byrotation of the skeins so that all of each skein will receive treatment.The invention consists in certain improvements in machines for doingthis work automatically, the same being designed so as to require theminimum of manual labor and of sklll on the part of the attendants, tobe simple in construction and reliable in operation.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the mproved machine, a part of the nearvat being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 2--2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a right-hand end elevatlon; and

Fig. 4: shows the carrier 1n section on ap proximately the line an, Fig.2. A

There are two inverted U-shaped yokes a,

preferably suspended and adapted to be pair of spaced radial arms f oneach endportion, and each pair of arms carries a bar 9 parallel with bare, all three bars being in the same plane. Each carrier rests 1n a pairof the notches d, all the carriers be ng parallel and at the outset ofeach operation all the notches are occupied by carrlers excepting a fewat one end of the notched support 6 b. The skeins are arranged on theends of the carriers so as to embrace in each instance both bar e and abar and it will be obvious that the double-bar form of the ends of thecarriers will effectually of the worms and the shaft being connected bygearing Z. There is further a pair of standards m in which is journaleda horizontal drive-shaft a which is connected by bevel gearing 0 withthe two worms. This may be connected by a clutch p with an extensionshaft 9, journaled in the stand 0", which carries a central idler pulleys and two fast pulleys t t; the clutch is controlled by the lever s andthe direction of rotation of shaft 9 may be controlled by any suitablemeans for shifting a pair of suitably driven belts '0, one of which iscrossed, over the pulleys when it is desired to reverse the operation ofthe machine.

The carriage to, which is supported by the worms, has its supportinglegs 03 formed as nuts to engage the threading of the worms (Fig. 4), sothat rotation of the worms effects advancement of the carriagelongitudinally of the worms one way or the other, according to thedirection of rotation. The carriage has suitably arranged in it the intermeshing spiral gears 1 e, the former of which is arranged on andengages the spline of shaft is (so as to rotate therewith but slidethereon) and the latter of which has its axis formed by a shaft 2 (thejournals for 2-2 being preferably afforded by the up standing sides 3 ofthe carriage). On the ends ofthe shaft 2, which protrude from said sides30f the carriage, are fixed radial arms a (which in the present instanceare afforded by diametric arms both in the same diametric plane) theends of which are widened to form hooks 5. A half-gear 6, whose toothedperiphery alfords a way, sloping downwardly at each end, for the travelof the carriers over the carriage, is fixedly disposed at the inside ofeach side 3; the said sides are curved in concentricity with said ways,and it may be observed that the hooked ends of the arms 1 projectsomewhat beyond the peripheries of said sides, as shown in Fig. 4L. Thecarriers have pinions 7 thereon which, when a carrier is picked up andmoved over the carriage with the pinions in mesh with the toothedwaysabove referredto, cause the carrier to rotate on its own axis; thediameter of these pinions is preferably such that the carrier willcomplete a turn, leaving its bar 9 below bar 0, when it has traversedsaid way from one end to the other. The pinions, by engaging inwardlyagainst the inner faces of said sides 3, keep the carriers from shiftinglongitudinally and themselves thus in mesh with the toothed ways.

According to the direction of rotation of extension shaft a it will beapparent that the carriage will travel one way or the other lengthwiseof the worms, and when it has traversed its course in one direction byshifting the belts o it may be reversed. The gearing is such that thelifter formed by z2 i rotates counter-clockwise when the carriage movesto the right (Fig. 4) and clockwise when the carriage moves to the left,and it is also suchthat the hooked ends of one or the other of a pair ofarms 4 thereof are timed to coincide, or substan tially so, with a pairof the notches cl each time the arms pass upwardly through the plane inwhich the carriers are supported. Therefore, as the carriage advances,the

lifter, by its hooked ends, picks up the car riers, one after another,and raises each to the crest of the elevations, after which the carriercontinues its progress due to the action of gravity and finally falls inthe adjoining pair of notches behind the carriage, which by this timehas advanced sufficiently to expose them, the skeins on each carrier areby this operation not only lifted from one place in the vats and changedto an other, but due to the gearing connecting each carrier with thecarriage when it is passed over the same the carrier is rotated, so thatthepositions of the skeins thereon are rotatively changed.

In order to facilitate the removal of the treated skeins and fittingothers thereto the structure including the rails 39 and the yokes a maybe elevated thus: In the uprights i is journaled a shaft 8 having acrank 9 on one end and a worm-wheel 10 on the other. Pitmen 11 connecteccentric points on the crank and worm wheel with vertical plungers 12which slide in guides 13 on the uprights 2' and are rigidly connected toa beam 14: which ties the two yokes a together. The worm-wheel 10 mesheswith a worm 10 on shaft 15 ournaled in one of the uprights 2' and havinga sprocket and chain connection 16 with a counter shaft 17 alsojournaled in said upright parallel with shaft a, said shaft 17 havingsplined thereon a gear 18 which may be shifted by a lever 19 into or outof mesh with a gear 20 fixed on shaft 01. hen gear 18 is thrown intomesh with the rotating gear 20 (the connection between a--y being thendisestablished) the structure ab, with the carriers, will be elevated,and when elevated to the desired height the gear 18 may be shifted outof mesh with gear 20, said structure not being then free to fall untilits elevating train is again operated because of the worm and worm-wheelgearing 10l0. 7

So far as 1 am aware it is not only new to change the positions of theskeins by the means and in the manner herein set forth, and also toprovide for their being elevated with reference to such means, but it isalso new to provide a pair of spaced vats'and place the means forchanging the positions of the skeins between them, whereby not only cana larger quantity of skeins be handled a time but the operatingmechanism leaves the vats clear at one side of each, so that theattendants can readily have access thereto. So far 1 am aware it is alsonew to provide a skein carrier of substantially the form herein setforth,to wit, elongated and with its intermediate portion forming ajournal and its end portions each transversely widened so as to effectrotative change of position of the skeins thereon when the carrier isrotated.

Having thus fully described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is i 1. In a skein dyeing machine or thelike, the combination, with a set of elongated skein carriers arrangedparallel and substantially horizontal, a substantially horizontalsupport on which the carriers rest, a carriage movable substantiallyhorizontally from one end to the other of the set of carriers and havinga surface forming a way for travel in contact therewith of the carriersbackwardly past and over the advancing carriage, and means in theadvance of the can riage to move said carriers successively from theposition of rest of each forward of the carriage over the latter incontact with said way to a position'of rest on said support back of thecarriage.

2. In a skein dyeing machine or the like, the combination, with a set ofskein carriers arranged parallel and substantially horizontal, asubstantially horizontal support on which the carriers rest, a carriagemovable substantially horizontally from one endito the other of the setof carriers and having a rising and falling surface affording a way fortravel in contact therewith of the car riers backwardly past and overthe advanc ing carriage, and means in the advance of the carriage tomove said carriers successively from the position of rest of each for-Ward of the carriage over the latter in con tact with said way to aposition of rest on said support back of the carriage.

3. In a skein dyeing machine or the like, the combination, with a set ofelongated skein carriers arranged parallel and substantially horizontal,a substantially horizontal support on which the carriers rest, acarriage movable substantially horizontally from one end to the other ofthe set of carriers and having a surface forming a way for travel incontact therewith of the carriers backwardly past and over the advancingcarriage, and means in the advance of the carriage to move said carrierssuccessively from the position of rest of each forward of the carriageover the latter in contact with said way to a position of rest on saidsupport back of the carriage, said carriage and each carrier havingcoacting means to cause the carriers to rotate while traveling over saidway.

4. In a skein dyeing machine or the like, the combination, with a set ofelongated skein carriers arranged parallel and substantially horizontal,a substantially horizontal support on which the carriers rest, acarriage movable substantially horizontally from one end to the other ofthe set of carriers and having a progressively toothed surface forming away for travel in contact therewith of the carriers backwardly past andover the advancing carriage, said carriers each having a peripherallytoothed member alined and adapted to mesh with said toothed way, andmeans in the advance of the carriage to move said carriers successivelyfrom the position of rest of each forward of the carriage over thelatter with its said member in mesh with said way to a position of reston said support back of the carriage.

5. In a skein dyeing machine or the like, the combination, with a set ofelongated skein carriers arranged parallel and substam tiallyhorizontal, a substantially horizontal support on which the carriersrest, and means to pick up the carriers and move them one after anotherto another position of rest on the support, including a carriage movablefrom one end to the other of the set of carriers, a horizontal shaftjournaled in the carriage and a radial carrier lifting arm fixed on theshaft, said carriage having concentric with said shaft an elevatedsurface uponwhich the lifted carriers travel over the carriage.

In testimony whereof I affix my si nature.

ANTONY T. scARAMfizzI.

